15887BR
Title Consultant-Project Lead
City Indianapolis
State / Province Indiana
Company Overview At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 39,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
Responsibilities The Clinical Innovation (CI) component within the Medicines Development Unit (MDU) is responsible for developing and establishing innovative, transformative capabilities with the MDU functions and across related organizations that enable Lilly’s vision for a more effective and efficient system (or process) for conducting clinical research. Realization of this vision requires the ability to deliver select initiatives that will provide significant transformative value to Lilly.
Lilly CI has a portfolio of projects as components of larger capabilities. CI’s work process and flow includes exploring new ideas, developing clear proof-of-concepts to validate the idea, and execution of applied pilots for learning and risk/benefit/value identification for eventual broad scaling of the project across the Development molecule portfolio. CI is not responsible for the implementation of the broad scaling, however it partners closely with the receiving business area to assure smooth transition and transfer of ownership and implementation after successful pilots.
The Consultantwilllead one or more transformation projects within the CI portfolio. Theprojectsareprimarily in the POC or Pilot phases.The Consultant will shapethe project implementation approach, develop clear delivery milestones,maylead a project team in execution, and collaborate with extended CI colleagues for portfolio integration, oversight and communication on project delivery. The Consultant will be responsible for risk identification, mitigation and overall delivery accountability for their assignedproject.
The Consultant will leverage his/her knowledge of the clinical research site to re-imagineer research around the patient, making clinical trials an accessible treatment option for everyone. The challenge is to make clinical research accessible to any patient anywhere and to lower the burden so any qualified HCP can engage in clinical research.
Project - Develop a clear project (POC or Pilot) charter including:
* Project goals and value measurement
* Implementation approaches and oversight
* Resource needs and project timeline
* Risk identification, mitigation and oversight
* Integration into overall CI portfolio and identify other project dependencies / interfaces
* Project Delivery-Lead overall project delivery (including overall project team leadership when required)
* Deliver project outcome
* Setting team meeting agendas, document decisions, follow up on actions, resolve issues, escalate as appropriate
* Lead project planning (e.g. Sprint Planning) and focus areas
* Establishing transparent collaborativeenvironment
* Identifyrisks and engage others as appropriate for mitigation and/or project adjustment
* Project Measurement---Per charter, identify, measure and document
* Project timeline and progress to delivery milestones
* Project assumptions andlearninggoals – and associatedprojectoutcomes
* Valuepotential and tangible impact where possible Project Communication and integration
* Provide regular updates to the CI team as well as project stakeholders on project status and delivery
* Plan and integrate next steps of project. In the case of Pilot, be aprimary contributor to the plans to scale implementation across the LRL development portfolio (assuming pilot success).
* Partner with CI colleagues and associated functional leaders forultimatetransitiontothefunctionalhome.Quality & Asset Protection
* Ensure all project work is compliant with company policies and international standards of practice. Where necessary, partner with CI leadership, policy owners and stakeholders to update policiesto enable a new, innovative model of work while maintaining core Lilly values.
* Understand the confidential nature of company information and takes necessary steps to ensure its protection. This includes understanding various aspects of Privacy as it relates to the datamanaged within CDI.
* Ensure that an appropriate confidentiality agreement has beenexecuted before disclosing confidential company information tooutsideparties
* Accept obligation to Lilly for compliance to the integrity of thecompany.
* Complete readings of any policy/procedure updates including global medical, CI, and local policies and procedures.
* Ensure team reviews, understand and complies with Lilly assetprotection.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in technology
* Experience working at a clinical research siteQualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.
Additional Skills/Preferences
* Demonstrates knowledge about clinical research site operations
* Clinical Research
* Clinical Research Regulations
* Staff qualifications
* Facility requirements
* Resource needs – people, places, $
* Site Operations
* Clinical Trial Operations
* Business Operations
* Demonstrated understanding of enabling transformative technologies and methods
* Demonstrated understanding of experimental methodology
* Aptitudetodefine and execute a portfolio management methodology
* Demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and experimenter’s curiosity
* Ability to distill the essence of strategic business objectives in order to develop and execute a strategic experimental portfolio
* Ability to work in a global virtual team environment, with a variety of external partners
* Ability to collaborate and influence effectively with external industry colleagues and service providers
* Knowledge of and experience with multiple dimensions of clinical research from a process, technology, capability, and organizational perspective
* Proven ability to deliver to timelines
* Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and critical thinking skills
* Ability to adjust rapidly to unexpected business opportunities while also being a catalyst for change
* Ability to proactively identify potential issues and contingency plans with a focus on quality and risk mitigation
* Ability to establish and leverage personal and organizational credibility to drive change and to fosteran environment of creativity, innovation, engagement, and collaboration
Additional Information
* Experience with technology proof-of-concepts and pilot projects
* Non-Corporate experience including field-based site support and engagement
* Familiarity to public data and emerging standards on electronic medical records
* Demonstrate broad knowledge of vendor / alliance management
* MBA
* Travel requiredLilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
Removal Date 21-Feb-2015